Forgive me if this picture of games future does not interest me. This is the reason Simcity 5 was never made, it was too "focused". So instead, we need to dilute the formula and make it accessible to everyone.

This makes me certain that the outlook for a true successor to Simcity 4 is very bleak. I am not against games like Spore and The Sims, but the draw of a larger audience has killed his most intelligent and rewarding simulation.

This doesn't happen often with games actually. Applications can be riddled with viruses I will give you that, but somehow game releases, even poor ones like torrents, rarely contain a virus. False positives from cracks/keygens are a dime a dozen however.

saluk wrote on Mar 25, 2011, 13:21:Sad, sad, sad. Crysis 2 went from a day one purchase to a day never purchase for me. And though I meant to, I never even downloaded the leak. Just didn't feel like it was even worth that.

Doesn't matter, the absence of your sale is clearly caused by piracy.

Crytek only makes perfect games, so obviously if it sells bad it is because of piracy.

Maybe its just me but this game looks exactly the same as IL2-Sturmovik...they just added a layer of flair on top of an old graphics engine. Meh...I love flight sims and IL2 was the best of them but after like 5 expansions I can't get excited about another rehash.

Sacrifex wrote on Mar 14, 2011, 18:57:If it wasn't specifically in the TOS, or, Steam was the only way a person could buy games anymore, this would be news.

If you don't like the way Steam operates, don't buy games from Steam. Simple concept. Expensive lesson? Perhaps. I don't feel bad for them in the least though - play by the rules or accept the consequences if you get caught doing otherwise.

This isn't news. Plain and simple.

Unfortunately for quite a few games, steam IS the only way you can buy the game. Even if you buy it at a retail store, it only activates and works on steam.

Teddy wrote on Mar 13, 2011, 17:04:Irony is such an interesting thing.

If there are bugs in an EA released game, gamers will say "Of course there's bugs, EA can't release a game without bugs. They don't quality test worth a damn!"

Yet when EA says their website software had a bug in it, all of a sudden to these same gamers, it's inconcievable that EA's programmers could have made a mistake, or that the positively thorough testing that EA puts their software through didn't catch it.

Yes, it must be EA lying to hide their nefarious plots and couldn't possibly be related to ineptitude or lack of Design or QA attention.

Gamers are losing control of the products they purchase, this was not about a bug, its about the company stance. EA and Bioware defended this position, to them this is entirely expected and normal. Arguing with them is not going to change that, hurting their reputation and damaging their sales will.

there was an error in the system that accidentally suspended a user's entire account. Immediately upon learning of the glitch, EA took steps to restore the user's macro account and apologized for the inconvenience.